Home From The Range

Back home after 10 glorious days in the Wyoming mountains. No TV, no Internet, no cell phones - nothing to do but eat, drink, ride horses, and sleep. In fact, our daily schedule went like this.

• Wake up.
• Eat.
• Ride.
• Eat.
• Nap.
• Eat.
• Ride.
• Drink.
• Sleep.
• Repeat.

Once in a while we'd go into town for 'supplies' (supplies = alcohol and munchies). In the absence of the digitally connected world, we spent time actually having conversations with people. We caught up with old friends, swapped stories, and solved the world's problems. What a concept!

The weather was great - highs in the 80s, lows in the 50s, and humidity below 40%. It got so chilly one night that we built a fire in the cabin.

Now we're back in Central Texas, where the high has been over 100 for 10 straight days, and the forecast is for more of the same. I've got 600+ emails waiting in my in-box, the lawn needs mowing, there's a backlog of maintenance items and other things on my to-do list, and the mailbox is full of bills.

And there's no beer in the fridge.

Why on earth did I come back?